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Watch Terry Barkley Suffer An Insane Wreck At SCSN Anarchy Under The Arch In St Louis – He Walked Away!

There are certain awesome things about a brand new, top level drag car but some of them are far less obvious than others. For starters there’s all the new technology, the big horsepower engine...

This Old School 1970 Plymouth Duster Has Interesting History And A Mean Little Small Block – Do Want!

Obviously I spend a lot of time at drag strips across the country at a multitude of different events. From stuff like the NMCA finals which we just finished on Monday morning (like 0’dark...

Great Read: A BangShifter Remembers An Interesting, Colorful, Hilarious, And Short Career In Bracket Racing

(Words and photos by Greg Rourke) – Once upon a time index and bracket racing wasn’t dominated by rear engine dragsters with throttle stops and enough electronics to operate a small nuclear...

Jamie Whincup Becomes Second V8 Supercars Driver to Reach 100 Race Wins

The Virgin Supercars Championship—formerly the V8 Supercars Championship—in Australia currently has one of the true motorsports dynasties in place at the moment with Triple Eight Racing and never...

This Czech Rally Driver Closes the Gate When He Leaves

Rally drivers are known for their precision driving, knifing across deeply rutted roads with inch-perfection and skirting disaster around every bend of a given stage. We’ve seen similarly...

Graham Rahal Wins IndyCar Race By a Wing in Texas After Totally Insane Closing Laps

Earlier this year, IndyCar’s Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway was interrupted by Josef Newgarden’s horrific cockpit-first crash into the wall. Newgarden suffered a broken clavicle...

NMCA World Street Nationals LIVE Starting This Morning! See Final Eliminations and Champions Crowned

We’re heading to Norwalk for the NMCA World Street Finals this weekend and racing starts on Friday afternoon LIVE right here on BangShift.com around 1:30 pm eastern. If you live within a few...

Gear Jammers: Check Out This Awesome Video Featuring Stick Cars At The 2015 NHRA US Nationals

For the entire (near) week at the 2015 NHRA US Nationals, Les Mayhew was hustling around the track to get footage to build a series of videos from the race that included Roy Hill’s high flying...

Tri-Fives: Here’s A Collection Of Images Featuring Nothing But 55-56-57 Chevys

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The Tri-5s.  I have to admit that when NSRA made the decision to allow cars to enter that were up to 30-years-old to enter I was not a happy camper. ...

Watch LIVE! Street Car Super Nationals Anarchy at the Arch Continues Today!

That’s right folks, we’re going back to St. Louis for Street Car Super Nationals Anarchy at the Arch 2016 and racing will be fast, furious, and LIVE right here on BangShift.com starting...

Motorcycle Drag Race Fail Video: Watch This Rider Go Over The Wall Like A Pommel Horse

There’s an old saying that “a bad day at the race track is better than a good day at the office” and we think that those words ring true about 80% of the time in real life. This...

Gassers 3 – Over Eighty Straight Axle Coupes, Sedans And Madness Expected!

The Automobile Driving Museum is one of the lesser-known museums of Southern California, yet in the past few years has been adding more cars to the collection and hosting more visiting automobile and...

RideTech and NCM Motorsports Park Announce Partnership – Big News For Both Parties!

RideTech and National Corvette Museum (NCM) Motorsports Park have announced a product partnership that will see RideTech products offered for sale at the facility and even installed on NCM track...

A Bagged 1978 Lada?!?! Yeah, It’s Bitchin As All Hell

Lada, the Russian car we’ve all come to recognize from any movie, news, or pictures from the Soviet Union. But we certainly aren’t used to seeing them air ride equipped, and sporting wide...